Bucker

(Mining.) A bruiser of the ore. Buck'et, n. [A. S. buc, with Dan. postpositive article -et. The Dan. is buk, whence Scot. bucket.] A small tub. pail, or ve el in which water is drawn or carried. "The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The mo -covered bucket, which hung in the well." Wood worth. (Mech.) A species of cavities placed on the circum Buck'horn, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Columbia co Buck Horn, in W. Virginia , a P. O. of Preston co. Buck'ie, n. A Scotticism for the Fusus antiquus , and other marine shells, which, when applied to the ear, emit a sound like the roaring of the waves. Devil's (or Deil's) Buckie . A madcap young fellow; a mischievous youth; a froward youngster. (Scot.) Buck'ing, n. Act or operation of steeping linen in lye for bleaching. -The lye so used. - A washing of clothes. A punishment used in the U. S. Army. ( Mining .) A term applied in England to a method of breaking the poor foul copper-ore smaller by hand, with small flat-irons, called bucking -irons, in order to wash and separate the pure ore from the waste dro ; the same term is used in the lead-mines; but Pettus, in his Plata Miner , gives it the signification of washing or wet-stamping ores. Bucking ham, a title borne by many heads of great houses conspicuous in English history. Of the early holders of this title we may mention THOMAS PLANTAGE NET, youngest son of King Edward III.; his heir, HUMPHREY, EARL OF STAFFORD, was created DUKE OF B. in 1401; and his grandson, HENRY STAFFORD, "the deep revolving, witty Bucking ham" of Shakspeare, after a isting Richard III. to mount the throne, was put to death C Fig. 438. GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKING HAM. (From a print after Michael Mierevelt.) by him in 1483. His son EDWARD, DUKE OF B. , offended Wolsey, became suspected by Henry VIII., and was at tainted and beheaded in 1521. He was the last noble Bucking ham, a borough of the above co., on the Ouse, 56 m. N.W. of London, lying in the centre of a fine agricultural country. Manf. Paper. Pop . 8,388. Bucking ham, in Connecticut , a post-office of Hart- Bucking ham, in Pennsylvania , a post-township of Bucks co., 27 m. N. by E. of Philadelphia, watered by Neshaminy Creek. -A township of Wayne co. Bucking ham, in Virginia , a S.E. central county, with an area of 680 sq. m. N.W. by the James River, and on the S. by the Appomat- tox River. Surface, undulating. Soil , tolerably fertile. Cap., Bucking ham C. H. liers was made cup-bearer, and in a few weeks succeeded the Earl of Somerset as chief favorite. Offices and Bucking ham Mine, in Virginia , & post-village of honors were showered upon him in profusion. He was Bucking-kier, ( buck'ing -keer,) n. A large boiler of peculiar construction, used in the proce of bleaching al of England, Master of the Horse, and entire dis- [oser of the favors of the king. He had learned that in dealing with a weak monarch, arrogance is victory. Buck'ing-plate, n. ( Mining .) An iron plate to re- Called to guide the grave affairs of a kingdom, through IMG:content-0792.png:[blocks in formation] Buck'ism, n. Quality or condition of being a buck or dandy; foppery. (R.) Buck land, in Connecticut, a post-vill. of Hartford co. Buck land, in Ma achusetts , a post-township of Frank- lin co., on Deer field River, about 100 m. W. by N. of Bos- ton. Buck'land, in Virginia , a post-vill. of Prince William co., 116 m. N. of Richmond. Buck'land, WILLIAM, D.D., F.R.S., an eminent English geologist, B. 1784. He was reader in geology to the uni- versity, and president of the Royal Geological Society. His greatest works are Vindicia Geologicæ (1820), the Reliquiæ Diluvian a (1823), and the Bridge water Trea- tise (1836). In 1845 he was appointed Dean of West- minster, and D. in 1856, having for some years previous suffered from a darkening of his fine intellect. IMG:content-0793.png:[blocks in formation] Buck'-mast, n. [Scot. buck , beech, and mast .] The fruit or mast of the beech-tree. Buck Mountain, in Pennsylvania , a post-village of Schuylkill co. IMG:content-0794.png:[blocks in formation] Duke's position at court was unchanged; as heretofore, the patronage alike in church and state was at his dis- posal, but his general popularity was on the wane. He resented his increasing disfavor with the public with a proud and indignant scorn, and to save him from im- peach ment by the Commons, Parliament was hastily di olved and B. dispatched to Paris to conduct the Prince Henrietta to England as Charles's bride; and, while there, it is said that he ventured to addre the French Queen Anne of Austria, not as an amba ador, but as a lover. Threatened with a a ination if he dared to repeat such insolence, he swore that he "would see and speak with that lady, in spite of the strength and power of France," and rumor went that he did not break his wild vaunt, and more, that the Queen herself secretly favored his addre es. Be this as it may, he was obliged to leave the French court; and being unable to obtain permi ion to return, he openly espoused the cause of the Huguenots. The Duke himself went as admiral and general of the expedition against France, which terminated in his defeat at the Isle of Rhé; and subsequently made preparations for a new expedition to relieve Larochelle, then hotly pre ed by the royal forces. B.'s unpopularity now reached its acmé. The Commons impeached him as the cause of the national -A grimace; a peculiar wry expre ion of the face. misfortunes, and the people sang ribald ballads antic i- -v. a. pating his downfall. B. , willing to stake all upon the expedition to a ist Larochelle, spent £60,000 of his own money upon the fleet, and declared that he would be the first man who should set his foot on the dyke be- fore Larochelle, "to die or do the work." Proceeding to Portsmouth to embark with the fleet, he was there as- sa in a ted by one John Felton, a lieutenant whose claims he had slighted, Aug. 23, 1628. BUCK LAND, FRANCIS TREVELYAN, a distinguished English naturalist and writer on pisciculture, is the son of the above, and was B. in 1826. B.'s best-known works are -pl . his popular Curiosities of Natural History , and Fish --a. hatching . D. 1880. Buck lan dite, n. ( Min .) A variety of epidote, con- sisting of silica, alumina, oxide of iron, and lime. Buckle, ( buck'l ,) n. [Fr. boucle , from L. Lat. buccula , the part of the shield through which the arm pa ed; Ger. buckel , a knob, a stud, a bo .] An instrument (per- haps originally round and protuberant) to fasten dre , harne , .; a link of metal with a tongue or catch, made to fasten one thing to another. -A curl of hair, or the state of the hair crisped and curled. "The greatest beau was drest in a flaxen periwig,... and lets it lie in buckle for a whole half year."- Spectator . To fasten with a buckle or buckles. "Thus ever when I buckle on my helmet, Thy fears affict thee." - Philips . -Stiff; precise; haughty in manner; as, a buckram spinster. -v. a. To make stiff; to fortify as with buckram. Buck Ranch, in California , a village of Plumas co., 16 m. W. of Quincy. Bucks, in England. See BUCKING HAM. Bucks, in Ohio , a post-village of Columbiana co. -A township of Tuscarawas co. Bucks, in Pennsylvania , an E.S.E. county, with an area of about 600 sq. m. It is bounded on the N.E. and on the S.E. by the Delaware River, which separates it from New Jersey. Area , 600 sq. m. - Surface , hilly and di- versified. - Soil , highly fertile, containing valuable do posits of limestone, sandstone, plumbago, .- Cup . "Until the front of the avant-guard were buckled with them in front." Hayward. -v. i. To bow or bend, as with heat or other motive power. Buck'le, HENRY THOMAS, an English author, B. in Kent, 1822. He early devoted himself to study, relieved by the relaxation of che , at which he became one of the first players in the world. In 1857 appeared the first parts of his History of Civilization in England , a work which caused a sensation in the world of letters, and of which many editions have been published both in Eng- land and the U. States. This work may be termed a brilliant fragment, inasmuch as its completion was cut short by the premature death of the author, 29th May, 1862. Buck'ler, n. [Fr. bouclier , from L. Lat. buccularium , or bocalarium, from buccula , the handle of a shield.] Literally, that which is buckled or fastened to the arm; specifically, a kind of shield or defensive armor, for- merly used in warfare. Among the ancient Greeks and Romans (Fig. 194) the B. was about 4 feet long. by 22 wide, made of boards, covered on the inside with linen and sheep-skin, and on the outside with iron plate. In the Middle Ages (Fig. 192), the B. was round, oval, or square in shape, and was frequently made of wicker- work or of hide, strengthened by metal plates.-Hence, metaphorically, anything that defends or shields from harm. tat or Fabius, when they called him the buckler of Rome." Add is on . IMG:content-0795.png:[blocks in formation] Bucks'port, in Texas , a village of Falls co. Bucks'port Centre, in Maine , a post-vill. of Han- Buck's Ranch, in California , a vill. of Plumas co. Buck's tall, n. A contrivance to enmesh deer. Buck's tone, JOHN BALDWIN, a popular English dra- matic author and comedian, born 1812. He was one of the veterans of the English stage, and was favorably known in the U. S. as the author of the Green Bushes, The Flowers of the Forest, the Wreck Ashore, Our Mary Ann, Good for Nothing , and many other comedies, dramas, and farces of the most genuine stamp. He was for many years the le ee and manager of the Hay market Theatre, London. D. 1879. Bucks'town, in Pennsylvania , a vill. of Somerset co. Bucks'ville, in Pennsylvania , a vill. of Bucks co. Buck'thorn, n. ( Bot . ) See RHAMNUS. Buck'town, ih Maryland , a P. O. of Dor chester co. Buck Valley, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Fulton co. Buckwheat, n. [A corruption of beech wheat .] ( Agric .) Bucolic, Bucolical, ( bū - kolik ,) a. [Gr. boukolikos , relating to boukolos , a herdsman bous , an ox or cow, and koleo Lat. colo , to take care of.] Pertaining to the care of cattle; pastoral; as, a bucolic youth. -n. ( Lit. ) The Greek term for a pastoral poem, meaning, literally, the song of a herdsman. To this cla belong the poems of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, and the Eclogues of Virgil. The metre universally employed is the hexameter, or heroic; but in pastoral poetry an easier flow of the lines was more studied than in the epic, and this was generally accomplished by introducing a larger proportion of the metrical feet called dactyls in the former than in the latter. This species of poetry has been cultivated also by most modern nations, as in England, France, and especially in Germany, where it has been attended with great succe .